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had better
Idioms and Phrases
Also, had best . Ought to, should. For example, You had better finish this one before starting another , or We had best be going . [Mid-1400s] Also see you'd better believe it .Example Sentences
Trump shot back that Zelenskyy, whom he branded a âdictator,â had âbetter move fastâ to make peace âor he is not going to have a Country left.â
There is nothing wrong with crafting a diversity-positive awards narrative around any film or potential nominee, but whoever is doing the crafting had better make darn sure that the narrative fits the subject.
With so much riding on her progress, Labour had better hope they're right.
At a "Congress, Cognac and Cigars" event in June, Donalds said during a discussion with a rightwing reporter that Black people had better lives under Jim Crow segregation, in part, because "the Black family was together" and Black people "voted more conservatively."
Taken together these nods let us know that while some entertainment hasnât completely broken free of its reliance on the past, and certainly isnât beyond risking acts of sacrilege â that âHarry Potterâ HBO series had better slap! â the idea of pushing the medium forward isnât entirely dead.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American HeritageŸ Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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